This register contains the
Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) as specified in IEEE Std 802.3 Clause 22.
Ethernet devices read this register to determine the upper three bytes of the Ethernet
MAC address. The two least significant bits of the OUI are always 0 due to legacy
compatibility, these two bits are not stored in this nor the following register. The OUI
in both registers is stored in bit-reverse order, meaning the most significant bit (MSB)
is stored in the register bit offset 0. The OUI is stored in little-endian format,
meaning the most significant byte is stored in the following register. When combining
these two data formats, the resulting data in the registers is saved as 0x03E000. Left
shifting by two bits, results in the value of 0x0F8000, which corresponds to an OUI of
00:80:0F.
This field contains the 11th through the 18th bits of the Organizationally Unique Identifier (OUI) as specified in IEEE Std 802.3 Clause 22.
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